'A Woman Question and a Race Problem': Attending to Intersectionality in Children's Literature

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  • Author(s): Vickery, Amanda Elizabeth (ORCID Vickery, Amanda Elizabeth (ORCID 0000-0002-2070-8239); Rodríguez, Noreen Naseem
  • Language:
    English
  • Source:
    Social Studies. 2021 112(2):57-62.
  • Publication Date:
    2021
  • Document Type:
    Journal Articles
    Reports - Descriptive
  • Additional Information
    • Availability:
      Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals
    • Peer Reviewed:
      Y
    • Source:
      6
    • Subject Terms:
      Females; Racial Bias; Gender Bias; Social Studies; Teaching Methods; Feminism; Picture Books; Biographies; Power Structure; African Americans; Racial Discrimination; History; Civil Rights; Childrens Literature
    • Accession Number:
      10.1080/00377996.2020.1809979
    • ISSN:
      0037-7996
    • Abstract:
      Historical narratives of Black women often focus solely on racial discrimination without acknowledging the structural and systemic gender-based discrimination they faced. Crenshaw's concept of intersectionality draws upon decades of Black feminist scholarship delineating how Black women experience systemic oppression on account of both their race and gender simultaneously and can serve as an important framework to guide more critical conversations related to the long civil right movement. This article considers how three picturebook biographies about Black women who are often overlooked in early social studies education can powerfully demonstrate the intersectional roles of racism "and" sexism in their lived experiences.
    • Abstract:
      As Provided
    • Publication Date:
      2021
    • Accession Number:
      EJ1285236